Furniture drawer



W. T. SHERER. FURNITURE DRAWER. APPLICATION FILED AAPR. I2. 1920.

W; T. SHERER. FURNITURE DRAWER. APPLICATION man APR. 12. |920.l

Patented Mar. 28

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' eol tra WILLIAM T. SHERER, OI CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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To all fr0/wm t may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM a citizen of theUnited States, residing at (lhicagc, in the county of Cook and StateIllinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inFurniture Drawers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in furniture drawers and the likeand has for one object to make a furniture drawer from which leakage ofits contents is impossible. Other objects will appear from time to timethroughout the specification and claims.

T. SHERER,

My invention is illustrated incre or lessV diagrammatically wherein:

Fig. l is a vertical section of a drawer embodying my construction, withparts broken away; V

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken at the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

-Fig 3 is a rear elevation of thevdrawer with parts broken away; Y

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the key bar;

F ig. 5 is a bottom view of a drawer with a modified form of myconstruction;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a vertical section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. l illustratinof a further modifiedform;

Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on line 9 9 of Fig. 8; y

Fig. 10 is a horizontal section on line l() l0 of Fig. 8.

' Like parts are indicated by like characters throughout.

A is the front of a furniture drawer having the handle A1. B is thebottom of such a drawer. O is the rear of the drawer. B1 B1 are thesides of the drawer. D is a key bar having in its upper surface the slotD1 and along one of its sides the second slot D2. In the modified form Iprovide the horizontal extension D3 along the bottom of the key bar.This may be perforated as at D4 to allow the insertion of a roller D5.In

one form of my invention the ends of the key bar D are dovetailed as atD6 to fit into the dovetailed slot B3 in the side B1. The sides B1 B1have the interior slots B2 B2 adjacent their rear ends. They are alsoslotted as at B4f along their bottom.

When the drawer is assembled the grooves in the key bar will `normallybe filled Specification of Letters Patent.

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with glue or other adhesive material into which the bottom and the endparts will be thrust.

rThe use and operation of my invention are as follows:

Heretofore it has been diflicult if not impossible to prevent theleakage between the bottom and the sides or ends of furniture drawers.It is of particular importance to prevent such leakage'where the drawersare used to contain small granular material and the like. In myconstruction I provide a key bar slotted along its side which slot fitsover the bottom of the drawer. I provide a slot on the upper surface ofthe key bar into which slot the end of the drawer slides and fits. Whenthis relation of parts is fixed as for example by gluing or nailing themtogether I make leakage of contents and separation of parts absolutelyimpossible. In my drawings I have illustrated several modifications. Inthe form shown in Figures 5, 6, and 7, I provide a forward longitudinalextension of the key bar. One advantage of such a construction is thatit provides a convenient means for mounting a roller under the rear ofthe drawer. An-

other modification is shown in Figures 8, 9,

and 10 wherein the key bar is dovetailed into vertical slots in the rearof the drawer sides. When this form is used the key bar is fitted intothese slots, the end of the drawer is also dovetailed and litted downinto the slot in the upper surface of the key bar and the 'bottom of thedrawer is subsequently fitted into the slots in the bottom of the drawersides and .into the slot in the side of the key bar, and, lastly, thefront of the drawer is fitted on and secured in place.

Although I have shown in my drawings an operative form of my inventionstill it will be understood that many changes might be made, both inshape, dimension and arrangement of parts without departing from thespirit of my invention. For example, the modifications of Figures 6 and9 might be combined. Other changes will readily suggest themselves and Iwish therefore that my drawings be taken as in a sense diagrammatic.

I claim- 1. A. drawer comprising side, bottom and end members, a key barprovided with two slots, one to engage the end of the bottom member, theother to engage the lower edge of an end member, the side members beingdovetziiled to engage the edges of the end member and the ends of thekey bar.

2. A drawer comprising side, bottom and end members, a key bar acrossthe rear o'l' the drawer, said ber being provided with two slots, one toengage the end of Jche bottom member and the other to engage the lowerend of the rear member, the side members being dovetailed grippingly toengage jche edges of jche roer member and the ends of the key ber, theside members being slotted at the front to interlock wit-h the frontmember.

'edges of the rear member and theends of the key bar, the side membersbeing slotted at the front to interlock with the front member.

Signed et Chicago, county of Cook, and State of lllinois, thisth day ofApril. i920.

VlLLIAM T. SHERER.

